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Sticks and Stones

By adsilcott

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness367
Theme744.03
Mood803.86
Overall1023.82
Innovation1743.66
Graphics3313.67
Fun4973.09
Humor8152.23

Comments

gruhn 2015-04-21 12:48

A simple and deep game. I really liked the concept and art.

ogniok 2015-04-21 13:46

Very nice idead and the game feels very polished. I like it :D

sentendo 2015-04-21 14:57

interesting concept, I felt the need of more feedback on your status in the game.

runedrake 2015-04-21 15:09

So emotional.

You guys should continue making this after ludum dare, I think this game could have some great potential.

fabraz 2015-04-21 16:27

Love the theme and appropriate visuals, but it's just a regular runner otherwise.

frc_ol 2015-04-21 16:28

cool.
this game make me consider a lot.

goblin 2015-04-21 16:31

Concept and art are awesome! Really beatifull song. Definitely should continue making this after ludum dare
Check our game too http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44367

yamzho 2015-04-21 16:33

Beautiful game.

teamcalcium 2015-04-21 17:03

Cool Idea, nice Implementation.

borkleby 2015-04-21 17:04

Short and simple, great! I love the animation and mood of it. Not sure why you left out the audio rating, I think the music is beautiful too.

nassi 2015-04-21 17:09

Didn't take much to get him down after so many compliments.

Minimalistic, perhaps more so than I'd wanted.

Congratulations for your first LD entry :).

ecololuc 2015-04-21 19:53

I love that game. Simple and effective.

yuigoto 2015-04-21 20:04

You nailed that feeling of people using words as weapons to hurt people! It feels like someone reading a diary of somebody whom I had a nice friendship then it fell apart over time (or maybe I'm thinking too much).

I'd like to see a full version and improvements upon this concept! :3

joshua_burr 2015-04-21 23:56

I love the animations.

benjamck 2015-04-22 00:01

Well done. I loved this one. It seemed a simple endless running game at first, until I let a positive word hit the character. Then watching the character throw his chest out with confidence I understood what you were doing here. Great job, smooth controls, great artwork. I actually felt sad for the little guy at the end. This game could easily be featured in one of the anti-bullying campaigns going on.

jmborden 2015-04-22 00:05

Am I missing something? On the web version nothing happens when I get hit by the words.

scumbly 2015-04-22 02:33

Thoughtful and well-executed. Nice work.

killako 2015-04-22 08:30

Great game! The concept is so strong! Agree with the above comments to push this further and with the comment with "anti bullying". Especially this whole cyber bullying thing, I think that a game communicates this idea quite nicely. Nice work!

rzfmzn 2015-04-22 12:07

the power of words :(
Great job :D

adsilcott 2015-04-22 13:16

Thanks for all the great feedback!! It's very encouraging and we're considering building this out into a fuller game. :)
@jmborden: Depending on the words that appear, it might take a few hits for the character to react. It's on my todo list to add a momentary reaction when any words hit, right now it just affects the character's overall mood. Also I noticed that when you die while jumping the animation can get stuck. I'll post a link to a fixed version when it's done!

drschizzo 2015-04-22 15:47

good idea. the jump could be a little bit faster

null-dies 2015-04-22 17:22

Simplicity and depth are a hard to achieve combination in a game. You managed to pull it off in your game in an Elegant way.
Awaiting for more games developed by you.

kepamun 2015-04-23 16:22

That was a delightful surprise. Thank you for making this game!
Mood 5/5!

voider 2015-04-23 20:48

loved it, really new concept and awesome art and music. really good game.

blobo 2015-04-23 21:18

Really good game. quite a deep concept.

everlessdrop41 2015-04-23 21:39

I quite like this, very deep. I would be interested to see how this could be expanded

lkpridgeon 2015-04-24 19:51

Nice game with lovely relaxing music on loop.

mouch 2015-04-24 19:53

According to the others comments, there must be some bugs in the linux version. The words are coming way to fast, impossible to dodge. If I want to jump, the player is jerking around in the air.

smilingcat 2015-04-24 19:56

Very mellow, yet fun. Great job!

jprogman 2015-04-29 06:59

Easy controls, that is how I like it.
I love the story on avoiding negative words and reaching toward the positive labels. It felt the words were applying to me personally.

nowandstudios 2015-05-03 14:51

Original idea (the concept, not the gameplay). Really liked the graphics and animations. Music is nice aswell. Nice work!

nicealexanderas 2015-05-08 12:42

Words are the weapon... that is cool, art is awesome , great work ;D and congrats on your first LD :D

lucatode 2015-05-08 12:44

Good Idea, but the character could have more powers =(